to come to: to regain consciousness; to equal, to amount to Examples of TO COME TO At first they thought that the man was dead, but soon he came to. o The bill for groceries at the supermarket came to fifty dollars.

to feel like: to have the desire to, to want to considerThis idiom is usually followed by a gerund (the –ingform of a verb used as anoun). Examples of TO FEEL LIKE I’m not hungry yet, but I know I’m going to feel like pizza for dinner. When you’re exhausted, you feel like you haven’t…

to take apart: to disassemble, to separate the parts of something Examples of TO TAKE APART He’d have to take it apart each winter and put it back together again by spring. As a child, Gary used to take doorknobs apart and put them back together.

ill at ease: uncomfortable or worried in a situation Examples of ILL AT EASE The financial crisis last September especially made people become ill at ease. There is anticipation, but there is also an ill-at-ease feeling about it all.

to buy up: to buy the complete stock of Examples of TO BUY UP Foreign investors are taking advantage of the housing bust to buy up properties. The Treasury would buy up mortgage securities to stabilize the financial system.

to take pains: to work carefully and conscientiously Examples of TO TAKE PAINS She takes pains to do everything well; she’s our best employee. She takes pains to conceal his true identity from her villagers and even her husband.